Apparatus for supplying toilet-seats with paper.



D. P. JONES. APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING TOILET SEATS WITH PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913. 1,100,376, I Patented June 16,1914.

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D. P. JONES.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING TOILET SEATS WITH PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913. 1,100,376.

Patented June 16, 1914.

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DAVID PRICE JONES, OLE BREDIENBURY, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO ASMUND'UR LOIPTSON, OF BREDEN APPARATUS FOR- SUPPLYING .ll,ll @ikii'iiti. Specification of BURY, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

TOILET-SEATS WITH PAPER.

L t e Patentv Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed June 14, 1913: Serial No. 773,653.

To all ii /tom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID Pinon JONES, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Bredenbury, Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Toilet Seats with Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in apparatus for supplying toilet seats with paper whereby the same are rendered clean and sanitary.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for supplying paper to closet seats which will be actuatcd each time the seat is used, to remove one scction of paper and place a new section over the seat opening.

.3. further object of the invention is to' provide means for feeding; the paper which will be actuated by the feet or" the user of the toilet whereby the mechanism will be operated involuntarily after the closet has been used. I

A still further object of the invention is to provide a. structure in which the supply oi. paper may be conveniently renewed and supported in such a manner that it will not be torn during its passage over the seat.

Fora full undcrstaluling of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and acci'nnpanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the receiving roll; Fig. i is a section taken on the line 4.- lof l i 2. Fig. form.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all. the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, designates a boxing whichinay be of any" suitable construction and the top of which is priwided'with a seat opening 11, there being a slot 12 arranged on one side of the seat opening and a slot 13 on the other side. The housing interiorly is divided. by the partitions 1 and 15 providing compartments 16 and 17, the excreta passing through the passage 18 between said compartments. Each of the compartments (7' 4 5 1s a pcrsptwtive view ot a modified nected to the top of the boxing. The com pertinent 1G is disposed to receive the delivery or supply roll of paper, it being understood that the paper is of a width greater than the seat opening and provided at intervals with a series of openings of less diameter than the seat opening, whereby the person of the user will not come in contact with the seat.

A roller 19' has its terminals journaled in the front and rear walls of the boxing, the roll or' paper 20 being mounted on said roller which is supported to rotate freely. The paper is passed up through the slot 12 in the top. A guard plate 21 is supported by the partitioning member 14+, being curved as at 22 to deflect the paper in a vertical line through the slot 12 whereby breakage at this point is prevented. The paper passes through the slot 13 and is wound upon a roller 23 journ'aled in the front. and rear walls of the boxing and disposed within the compartment 17. Arranned on the terminal of said roller which projects beyond the front wall of the compartment. is a ratchet wheel 24: engaged by a pawl 25 which. prevents the roller from rotating; in a direction to unwind the paper which is wound thereon.

Disposed immediately in front of the opening on the floor or supporting structure for the boxing are standards 26 each of which SllJ JI'MHl S springs 27, the springs supporting a plate 528 which is of such length that the user of the closet will necessarily step upon the same and maintain it dopressed against the t" sion of the springs 27 while using the closet. A lever 29 is pivotally supported by the floorii'ig adjacent the terminal of the shaft 23, said lever being curved upwardly and having its terminal 30 disposed inan eye 31 arranged on the under face of the plate 28. The lever 29 is provided with an arm 32 which supports a pawl 33 that engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel 24:. On the downward movement of the lever 29 the pawl 33 will feather over the teeth 51nd the wheel will not rotate.

When sitting on the same, the'plate 28 is depressed by the feet of the user of the closet. When the plate is. released, the lever 29 will be drawn upwardly "the awl 33 engaging the teeth of the ratchet w eel. 24: to

is provided with a door 18 hingedly 00ntating the same, the lever thus rotating the roller 23 and winding the paper on said roller. It will be noted that on the upward stroke of the lever, occasioned by releasing the treadle, the receiving roller will be retated to supply a new section of paper to the seat.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, the porcelain casting, which constitutes the hopper, is provided on both sides with compartments. The compartment 34 on one side of the hopper constitutes the supply compartment and the compartment 35 on the other side forming the receiving compartment. A roller 36 has one of its terminals journaled in the rear wall of the compartment 34, a trunnion 37 extending through a slot 38 formed in the frontwall of the compartment. The compartment is closed by a sliding plate 39 provided with a slot 40 through which the paper passes.

It will be noted that the roller may be positionedwithin the compartment by removin the sliding plate 39 and inserting one enl i within a bearing supported on the rear wall, the trunnion 37 extending in the slot 38. The paper passes over the seat of the closet and through a slot 42 formed in the sliding plate 43 which closes the compartment 36, being wound upon a roller arranged within said compartment. The

' trunnion of this roller extends beyond the tion by a sprin p lever is provide with a treadle 4C7 disposed front wall of the compartment. wheel 44: is mounted on sald trunnion, said ratchet wheel being rotated in the same manner as the ratchet wheel illustrated .in the preferred form, the lever t5 forming the treadle and being supported in raised posi- 46. The terminal of; the

A ratchet in front of the lever where it will be depressed when the closet is used.

What I claim is 1. An. apparatus of the character described comprising compartments disposed on both sides of a toilet seat, a supply roller j ournaled in one of said compartments, a receiving roller journaled in the other compartment, the paper passing from one roller to the other over the seat, a ratchet wheel mounted on the receiving roller exteriorly of the compartments, a pawl engaging said ratchet wheel whereby rotation of the roll in one direction is prevented, a treadle supported in front of the seat and resiliently; maintained in raised position, a pivotally supported lever having an operative connection with the tread1e,'an arm carried by said lever, and a dog arranged on said arm and disposed to engage the ratchet wheel when the lever is moved upwardly to rotate the receiving roller.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising compartments disposed on each side of a closet, sliding closures for said compartments, a roller mounted in each of the compartments, one of said rollers supporting a roll of paper disposed to be wound on the other roller, the paper intermediate the rollers passing over the seat of the closet, and treadle actuated means for rotating the receiving roller to feedthe paper across the Gum no Jossrn Bummer. 

